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Nice sunglasses. Found this girl at a festival
Nice sunglasses. Found this girl at a festival
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Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XS
Aperture f/5.6 ISO 400 Shutter 1/60 Focal Length 55/1 
Kaivopuisto, Southern Finland, FI
Jul, 2019Views
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Took this shot in Helsinki, Finland during the Pride event in 2019Time
It was around 7:45 PM, towards the end of the eventLighting
Just natural light, no flash, no reflectors. It's Finland in the summer so the sun is up long into the evening, sometimes even the "night", though at this point it was low on the horizon so blocked by the buildings, meaning that it's heavily diffused - natural softbox. :)Equipment
Just my old EOS 1000D (Rebel XS) and a kit telephoto EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS lens. Surprisingly good result for a 10 year old entry level DSLR Shot at ISO 400, 55mm, f/5.6 1/60sec.Inspiration
I was accompanying a few friends at the Pride event in Helsinki and I grabbed my camera to practice along and take some memories. I encountered this stranger with amazing sunglasses (I have never seen this shape before) and I asked her if I can take a photo of her, and she agreed. It was a spontaneous encounter.Editing
Just balancing out the contrast to make her face pop out from the background, which wasn't too hard as Finns are naturally very pale.In my camera bag
Back then I only had the old Rebel camera (1000D or Rebel XS as it's known in US), and 18-55 kit lens and 55-250mm kit lens. Nowadays I grab my 90D, EF-S 35mm 2.8 macro as my first choice of a general purpose prime, followed by 50mm 1.8 for better low light capability if I'm going out during the evening/night, and my Tamron 150-600mm for wildlife when I head out to the nature. Sometimes for street photography I use a Sigma 28-70 Aspherical which gives me nice sun/light burst with its 9 aperture blades. I have a trusty Manfrotto tripod, cable shutter release (though I don't use it since I discovered the mobile app for my phone where I can trigger the camera remotely)Feedback
If you're just starting out as I was back then, the most important obstacle to overcome is to find the confidence to ask a stranger to pose. And after this shot it became obvious that the worst thing that can happen is them saying no. And it's not a problem. From the technical side - I used aperture priority mode to set my aperture how I want it, and since I was afraid that camera will kick up the ISO too high, I manually set it to the level I was comfortable with - 400. The camera then decided what shutter speed to use and it went well.
